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‘March’ Co-Author Spearheads Comics Project To Uplift Appalachia

Forbes 17 Apr 2025
Best-selling author Andrew Aydin hopes his company's new project will provide material support and respect for communities decimated by Hurricane Helene ... .
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Appalachia Day festivities to celebrate mountain culture

Biltmore Beacon 16 Apr 2025
Appalachia Day, a special event celebrating conservation, Helene recovery, and Appalachian culture will be hosted by the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Hickory Nut Gap Farm ....
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Museum of Appalachia prepares for springtime pioneer celebration with Sheep Shearing Days

The Tennessee Tribune 15 Apr 2025
The Museum of Appalachia, a Smithsonian Affiliate, invites the community to celebrate the arrival of spring and the rich cultural heritage of the region with their annual Sheep Shearing Days, Friday, May 2nd and Friday, May 9th from 9.00 a.m.
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Alice Whitaker, longtime director of historic Kentucky settlement school, dies

Lexington Herald-Leader 15 Apr 2025
Whitaker had helped keep the Cordia School, founded in the 1930s, going for decades in the face of challenges ... .
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Guns, God — and Blockchain: Christian nationalists build techno-theocracy in Appalachia

Raw Story 08 Apr 2025
The establishment of right-wing Christian nationalist communities is far from a new phenomenon — in 2021, a fringe gun-worshiping church known as the Rod of Iron Ministries purchased a compound in Texas in preparation for a war with the government ... .
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Fallout 76's Scorched Plague Should Spread Beyond Appalachia

Game Rant 03 Apr 2025
From a new location in Appalachia to playable Ghouls finally becoming a reality, ...
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UK researchers explore high rate of colorectal cancer in Appalachia

Kentucky New Era 03 Apr 2025
LEXINGTON — Researchers at the University of Kentucky analyzed different factors that could explain the high mortality rates of colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky ... .
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New grants to boost workforce development at North Appalachia Ohio campuses

Times Recorder - Zanesville 03 Apr 2025
The funding, part of the Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS) program, will be used to purchase advanced equipment for education and training programs tailored to regional workforce needs ... Mike DeWine in the announcement.
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Northern Appalachia Ohio Campuses Receive a Share of $8 Million Approved for Collaborative Workforce Development (Ohio Department of Higher Education)

Public Technologies 02 Apr 2025
) April 01, 2025 ... Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt ... Northern Appalachia Ohio Region ... Northern Appalachia Ohio award totals are as follows ... Governor Tressel ... The RAPIDS program was launched in 2014. This marks the seventh round of regional awards ... Disclaimer.
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Clean coal is a lie. Just ask the victims across Appalachia. | Letter

Courier Journal 01 Apr 2025
Show Caption. Hide Caption. Kingston coal ash spill worker victims speak out. Laborers who worked at the Kingston coal ash spill site speak out about their health complications and what they want the public to know ... I was born in Appalachia ... Not now ...
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